Darwin's Bark Spider goes into the record books for building the largest orb-style webs known to science (some having been measured up to 25 meters in length.) What's more, the material is described as being more than ten times stronger than a similarly-sized piece of Kevlar.
Bioluminescent mushroom
Discovered in the Mata Atlantica forest habitat near S
Halomonas titanicae
Iron-oxide consuming bacteria found on a sample of rust taken from the RMS Titanic. Scientists believe that the spread of this steel-eating bacteria eventually will result in the Titanic's disappearance.
Monitor lizard
This lizard, which resides only in the Northern Sierra Madre Forest, Luzon Island, Philippines, can grow to more than 6.6 feet in length. It's a skinny critter, though, weighing only about 22 pounds.
Pollinating cricket
This species is the only pollinator of the orchid Angraecum cadetii on R
Duiker
This West Africa duiker got discovered quite by accident: Scientists first became aware of it when they encountered the duiker at a bushmeat market.
Leech
This is the only known species of leech with a single armed jaw that features such large teeth.
Underwater mushroom
Jumping cockroach
This is the first jumping cockroach discovered since the Late Jurassic era. This kind of cockroach has jumping ability said to be equivalent to that of grasshoppers.
Pancake batfish
There are new worries about the future of this species which was discovered just before the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. It lives in the region affected by the spill and it's still unclear how the ensuing pollution affected its habitat.